Tattoo Ari

1982 Japanese film

Tattoo Ari

Japanese name
Kanji	TATOO＜刺青＞あり

Directed by	Banmei Takahashi
Starring	Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography	Yuichi Nagata
Edited by	Junichi Kikuchi
Music by	Ryudo Uzaki
Distributed by	Art Theater Guild (ATG) / Takahashi Pro
Release date	June 5, 1982 (1982-06-05)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tattoo Ari (TATTOO＜刺青＞あり) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa.^[1]

Cast

Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda
Keiko Sekine as Michiyo
Misako Watanabe as Sadako Takeda
Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko
Yoshiko Osimi (忍海よしこ) as Satoko
Jirō Yabuki as Teruya Shimada
Shirō Shimomoto as Sato
Hitoshi Ueki as President
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Michiyo's new lover
Maiko Kazama as Sanae

Background

Director Banmei Takahashi was at this point a veteran director of pink films with a resume of about 40 movies. This film in the action genre represents a new direction for Takahashi. Tattoo Ari was a critical and box-office hit and with his award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival launched Takahashi on a mainstream career.^[2] The female lead in Tattoo Ari, Keiko Sekine, was Banmei Takahashi's wife and later acted under the name Keiko Takahashi.^[3]

Awards and nominations

4th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

Won: Best Director - Banmei Takahashi
Won: Best Actor - Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎竜童)
3rd Best Film^[5]

References

^ Morioka, Toshiyuki. 森岡流名前のつけ方 (in Japanese). Straydog. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 427. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
^ Weisser, p.234
^ 第４回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８２年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
^ １９８２年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-14.